Ecology and ethology of fishes
Kluwer Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-90-6193-821-7 (ISBN)
This collection of articles is a sampling of papers vironmental Toxicants and their Effects on the from the second biennial symposium for the 'Etho- Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Fishes', or- logy and Behavioral Ecology of Fishes'. This con- ganized by Mary Henry and Jack Ward featured ference was also the first North American Meeting invited papers by: John B. Sprague; Mary G. Henry & Gary J. Atchison; as well as contributed papers of the 'International Association of Fish Etholog- ists' and was held October 19-22, 1979 *on the Il- by Robert A. Drummond, Daniel Abel & Chris- linois State University campus in Normal. Illinois, topher C. Koenig; C. G. Prewitt & C. B. Stalnaker; U. S. A. , the site for the first conference in 1977 Kenneth S. Lubinski; J. Doerzbacher & C. F. Bryan; and the proposed site for the third biennial con- Michael A. Barry; Allen E. Bingham & Robert G. ference scheduled for May 1981. The organiza- White. tional committee for these conferences is Jack The symposium 'Reproductive Tactics' was or- Ward, Chairman, Illinois State University (Biology, ganized by Luther Brown, Jeff Baylis and David Normal, IL 61761); Jeffrey Baylis, University of Noakes, and featured invited papers by: Jerry F.
Wisconsin (Zoology, Madison, WI 53706); Luther Downhower, Luther Brown, R. Pederson & G. Brown, George Mason University (Biology, Fair- Staples; Roger Thibault; George Barlow; Richard fax, VA 22030); Mike Fitzsimmons, Louisiana State Borowsky & John Diffley; Jack Ward & J. I.
A new stereophotographic technique for analyzing the three dimensional structure of fish schools.- Computer tools for the analysis of schooling.- Facultative schooling behavior in the spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius): possible costs and benefits.- Effects of alarm substance on schooling in the common shiner (Notropis cornutus, Cyprinidae).- Attraction of zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio, to isolated and partially purified chromatographic fractions.- Reduction of competition between bisexual and unisexual females of Poecilia in northeastern Mexico.- Synchronized maturation and breeding in natural populations of Xiphophorus variatus (Poeciliidae).- Maintenance of female mimicry as a reproductive strategy in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus).- Patterns of parental investment, dispersal and size among coral-reef fishes.- The reproductive behaviour of Aequidens vittatus (Pisces, Cichlidae) in Surinam, South America.- Reproductive tactics of the Asian cichlids of the genus Etroplus in Sri Lanka.- Habitat segregation in a salt marsh among adult sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae).- Factors affecting fish diversity on a temperate reef.- Abstracts.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.5.1981 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes ; 1 |
| Zusatzinfo | VI, 136 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 193 x 260 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-6193-821-X / 906193821X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-6193-821-7 / 9789061938217 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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